Kanye Moment at the Oscars Explained

For the first time in recorded history, the Academy Award’s Best Documentary Short category is getting all the attention, namely because Mrs. Garrison got up and stole some gay guy’s thunder in a move that’s being hailed as the “Kanye Moment

George Clooney Was Drunk at the Oscars

You and I weren’t the only ones sneaking booze around last night — George Clooney had a secret stash of the good stuff at Sunday’s Academy Awards. E! Online says George Clooney was hiding a secret on the red carpet — a flask! [At one point

Oscars Score Ratings Gold

Last night's Oscars may have been a comedy of technical errors, but the returns are nothing to laugh at. The broadcast of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards scored over 41.3 million sets of eyeballs Sunday night, the highest audience for an Oscar ceremo

'The Amazing Race' - 'We Are No Longer in the Bible Belt' Recap

(S16E04) Ah, a tough decision -- 'The Amazing Race' or the start of the Academy Awards? Nah, not tough at all. If 'The Amazing Race' is on, I'm watching! I'm such an addict. I just can't get that rush of adrenalin, that perched-on-the-edge-of-my-seat

Academy Awards Broadcast Was a Comedy of Errors and an Error of Comedy

There was a great industry joke lobbed at the Hollywood awards machine by the short-lived but loved TV cartoon 'The Critic.' The joke featured a Midwestern farmer and his boy spotting a plane headed to Hollywood. "Yep, son," the wide-eyed farm says

ABC restored to Cablevision

In a nick-of-time save that was worthy of a movie unto itself, ABC was restored to Cablevision just in time for the Academy Awards. Apparently both sides hammered out enough of a deal for the awards show to be broadcast. Cablevision customers -- 3.1

82nd Annual Academy Award’s Best Dressed

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards were last night, and other than The Dude winning for “Crazy Heart” and “Avatar” getting rightfully snubbed (“unobtainium,” anyone?), it was a completely forgettable affair. I remember some big fat black chi

Mariah Carey Might Be Pregnant, Fat

Mariah Carey and her bulging Valentino dress intimated that she might be pregnant during an interview at last night’s Academy Awards. The Daily Mail says To the glitz and glamour of the Oscars red carpet last night, Mariah Carey added a touch of i

Jon Hamm Gets New Gig with Mercedes

Don't you just love it when life sort of imitates art? Jon Hamm, who plays the chain smoking Don Draper on TV's 'Mad Men,' has been hired by Mercedes Benz as a pitchman for their car commercials, which will premiere during the Academy Awards. This m

What's On Tonight: '60 Minutes,' 'Desperate Housewives,' 'King Tut Unwrapped'

Here's tonight's TV lineup (all times Eastern).At 7, ABC has a new 'America's Funniest Home Videos,' followed by new episodes of 'Extreme Makeover,' 'Desperate Housewives,' and 'Brothers & Sisters.'CBS has a new '60 Minutes' at 7, then new episodes o

Luke Wilson and Diane Ladd joining the cast of Enlightened

Have you heard that Laura Dern is starring in a new HBO comedy called Enlightened? Of course you have. What might be news is that both Luke Wilson and Diane Ladd are joining the cast of the same show. Dern plays a self-destructive character named Amy

Leona Lewis To Sing Avatar’s Theme Song

Atlantic Records has announced that they will be releasing the upcoming score for James Cameron's Avatar. While details are thin, the small press release on Atlantic's website reveals that Avatar: Music From The Motion Picture will feature "music com

A Christmas Carol Movie Trailer #2

Disney has released a second movie trailer for Robert Zemeckis' performance capture adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Watch it now after the jump, and please leave your thoughts in the comments below. The film is being billed as "a multi-sensory th

Shelf Life: The Sixth Sense

Last week's "Shelf Life" looked back at Carrie, the iconic Brian De Palma movie that introduced the world to movies about terrifying teenage girls, the latest iteration of which is Diablo Cody's follow-up to Juno, Jennifer's Body. In anticipation of

Could Diablo Cody’s Sweet Valley High be a 1980s-set Clueless?

Earlier this week it was reported that Universal was in final talks to acquire the rights to 152-book series Sweet Valley High for Academy Award winning screenwriter Diablo Cody to adapt to the big screen. At the time, I wasn't at all excited about t